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Seeking to protect its own business model, The Associated Press is hoping to clarify what constitutes fair use of the content is publishes online, with plans to lay out guidelines for bloggers on how much content they can quote The AP, which bills itself as the world's largest and oldest news-gathering organization, hopes to bring clarity to the "f...

A new microchip developed by researchers at the University of Michigan uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less power in active mode than comparable chips now on the market, the university announced Friday Intended for use in sensor-based devices such as medical implants, environment monitors or surveillance equipment, the new P...

The GPU (graphics processing unit) universe grew Monday with releases from two major providers targeting distinct functions and markets Nvidia announced the availability of the inaugural chips in its new Geforce GTX 200 line of graphic processors. The GTX 280 and GTX 260 have 1.4 billion transistors and 192 to 240 processor cores.

With more than five months remaining before the U.S. presidential election, the general campaign period is just dawning. Yet more Americans have already gone online to get political news this year than in all of 2004 To some extent, that fact -- reported in the latest Pew Internet & American Life Project survey -- can be attributed to a longer-than...

The long-awaited merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio may be on the cusp of winning approval, with the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission now saying he is on board with letting it go forward FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will propose allowing the merger to proceed, but will seek two conditions on the deal in his propos...

IBM is taking new steps to make greener energy generation more common. The company has unveiled plans to create more efficient and less expensive solar cell systems. It will work with Japan-based Tokyo Ohka Kogyo to build what it calls the "next generation" of CIGS -- or Copper-Indium-Gallium-Selenide -- solar cell modules The modules will use thin...

Malware has yet to plague smartphones to anywhere near the extent it has PCs, it's only a matter of time before cyber-criminals start targeting mobile networks ESET, developer of the NOD32 antivirus solution for PCs and computer networks, is the latest IT security specialist to enter the fray....

Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook have become extremely fertile environments for product placement and branding. Marketers can reach consumers where they are spending significant amounts of time with compelling content that can potentially break through the marketing noise. Widgets are ideal for social networking venues because ...

Because outsourcing both creates (money-saving and money-making opportunities) and destroys (existing internal IT infrastructures), the multi-billion dollar global outsourcing industry has given rise to the field of outsourcing relationship management (ORM) and a US$500 million market for ORM software tools from niche players like Janeeva, Kelsar, Digital Fuel, Oblicore and RealTime Bookkeeping...

Part 1 of this two-part series looks at the changes in software giant SAP's management and how they have affected its corporate culture and product strategy Having delivered on its goal of moving to a service-oriented architecture, SAP now aims to make use of that architecture as it drives innovation out to the fringes of its sphere of influence....

I started off the week with dueling events: the Apple WWDC, where they talked about Snow Leopard and the second generation iPhone, HP's massive product announcement, and Microsoft's TechEd, where I learned more about Unlimited Vista (Windows 7) I was taken by the fact that Apple missed with the iPhone with the product coming late, incomplete and bl...

So you've decided to buy your solution instead of build one. This doesn't mean that it's easy to choose which product, or even what kind of solution to purchase Take the choice between installing software on your own equipment -- the "on-premise" solution vs. leasing a solution that runs on the vendor's servers, or getting your software "on-demand....

Now that NASA has entered the virtual world with its two islands in Second Life, public outreach, collaboration and space exploration may never be the same again On its CoLab Island, outreach and collaboration are the focus, as Part 1 of this two-part feature explains....

Console gaming sales continued at their record-breaking pace in May, according to sales figures released by the NPD Group Friday. The video game industry raked in a total of US$1.12 billion on sales of accessories, hardware and software for the month. That's a 37 percent increase over the same period in 2007 It was also a banner month for Sony's Pl...

Hoping to blunt the impact of an expected torrent of negative campaigning, the presidential campaign of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama has launched a Web site dedicated to dispelling rumors and myths about him Obama's campaign launched a site it calls "FightTheSmears" on Thursday, posting several so-called smears taken from various med...

A new report released by the RAND (Research and Development) Corporation Thursday found that the U.S. has maintained its lead in the science and technology arena The study was co-authored by Titus Galama, a management scientist at RAND, and James Hosek, a RAND senior economist....

Sky-high cancellation fees for cell phone contracts could soon be a thing of the past, but getting there is proving to be a rocky path. The Federal Communications Commission has put forward a plan to regulate carriers' ability to charge you for ending your agreement early -- but not everyone in the industry agrees it's a good idea The plan, propose...

Talks have officially broken down between Yahoo and Microsoft over a potential merger. Instead, Yahoo has struck a partnership to have Google handle some of its search advertising sales The two firms met on June 8 at a private airport in Silicon Valley, and Microsoft representatives made it clear the software maker was no longer interested in pursu...

Part 1 of this three-part series looked at assembling the best possible technical support team. Part 2 covers how to reorganize your company in order to take full advantage of your new and improved group. Part 3 concerns taking it to your customers Now that you've done all this work to improve your technical support team, you need to let your custo...

Many of us have never heard of life insurance settlements. Actually, they have been around for several decades and have become quite popular among investors like Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Berkshire Hathaway and hedge funds. In fact, the annual cash volume of life insurance settlements in the U.S. today exceeds US$10 billion and is constantly growing.